Setup Samba in Fedora Core 5

from http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc5.html#samba
20 March 2006
Make sure you have Samba installed in the installation process.
EDIT /etc/samba/smb.conf
Set your Windows Workgroup name in [global] section.
Added shares at the end of the file:
[media]
path = /mnt/media
public = yes
writable = no
[work]
path = /mnt/work
public = yes
writable = yes
If 'writable' the location need to be writable in Linux first.
Example: NTFS is not writable in Linux.
If home data (all work in /home/username) is to be accessible,
then set 'browseable = yes' under [homes] (~line 182).
Run samba check for errors:
/etc/init.d/smb start
Use chkconfig or serviceconf to enable samba (smb) in both runlevels 3 and 5.
[root@charon samba]# chkconfig --list smb
smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
[root@charon samba]# chkconfig --level 35 smb on
[root@charon samba]# chkconfig --list smb
smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
Add users who can access these shares with the 'smbpasswd' command.
This does NOT need to match your Linux password. This should be the
login name and password you use from Windows when accessing your
Linux computer.
[root@charon samba]# smbpasswd -a username
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Added user username.
(Note: 'username' must be a valid account on the machine)
Restart Samba for every change to users/passwords or 'smb.conf'
[root@charon samba]# /etc/init.d/smb restart
Shutting down SMB services: [ OK ]
Shutting down NMB services: [ OK ]
Starting SMB services: [ OK ]
Starting NMB services: [ OK ]
Firewall and SELinux Users
Run 'system-config-securitylevel'
Firewall Options:
To allow Samba access to work through your firewall you
must set 'Samba' as a 'Trusted service'.
SELinux:
Modify SELinux Policy > Samba
Disable SELinux protection for smbd daemon
On the command line you can run:
[root@charon ~]# setsebool -P smbd_disable_trans 1
Run 'man samba_selinux' for more help.
For any changes made above to the SELinux settings or smb.conf,
make sure to RESTART samba!